In Episode 50, we chat about some big developments in our lives that have kept us from the podcast, and also about a paper by Xie and colleagues (in press) that focuses on the impact of negative workplace gossip on people’s ability to detach from work. Take away: being the subject of workplace gossip makes it hard to detach, and ultimately harms your satisfaction with life.
Xie, J., Huang, Q., Yan, M., & Liang, Y. (2023). It is Tough to Detach from Gossip: The Impact of Perceived Negative Workplace Gossip on Life Satisfaction. Journal of Business and Psychology, 1-15. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10869-023-09894-8
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